I was wondering the same...Allan01230;4304126; said:
Red hooks here that size are probably $25-30. $10-15 for regular SD's.
Do these look like red hook silver dollars?
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Red hooks here that size are probably $25-30. $10-15 for regular SD's.
vaine111;4304282; said:
Yes they did, they were $13 each. So at least I did not over pay for them.
I may look at getting a couple more but I am not sure yet. Hopefully they will breed but I dont know how to sex them, two of them have faint black spots behind the gills.
I just picked up another 3 silver dollars, this time they are genuine red hooks 
. Two of them I believe are called Luna red hooks I have never seen them before. They immediately started swimming with the others they look great as a group.
They are even bigger than the others I got. I paid $40 for the three of them and a breeding pair of wild Severums which I thought was a good deal.
. Two of them I believe are called Luna red hooks I have never seen them before. They immediately started swimming with the others they look great as a group.They are even bigger than the others I got. I paid $40 for the three of them and a breeding pair of wild Severums which I thought was a good deal.
cdc;4304591; said:
To sex silver dollars, look at the anal fin... Females anal fin is straight, males anal fin has a "bump" 3/4 the way down.
(Attached below is a dodgy 2 second paint edit to show the difference between male and female anal fins)
When they're getting ready to spawn you will notice 2 black blotches behind the gills, black/red fin edges and more colourful bodies.
The males will chase the females, swim up next to them then wrap their anal fin under the female. Female releases around 20 eggs, the male fertilizes them, they shake then seperate quickly scattering eggs. They will continue doing this for hours at a time until the female has released all her eggs, which can be thousands!
The eggs are clear and TINY, if you don't look hard enough you won't see them. If there are any other fish in the tank they will sometimes follow the silver dollars waiting for the eggs to be released.
I usually wait until the silver dollars are finished then vacume area's of the tank where the eggs would accumulate from water flow, chuck them in an egg tumbler and see how they go.
Hope that helps, Goodluck.
